Article 3ZFAW Fatal plane crash: Queensland pilot may have lost control due to faulty seat

Fatal plane crash: Queensland pilot may have lost control due to faulty seat

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Three mechanisms to prevent pilot's seat failing were absent, inquest hears

A Queensland pilot may have lost control of his light plane because of a faulty seat soon after takeoff before it crashed, killing him and four skydivers, an inquest has heard.

Andrew Aitken died when his Cessna 206 crashed and burst into flames after rolling left about 200 feet in the air from the Caboolture airfield, north of Brisbane, in March 2014. Skydiving first-timer Joey King, his fiancee Rahuia Hohua and instructors Glenn Norman and Juraj Glesk were also killed.

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